Parts of your discussions well above my level of comprehension v.v. Linux, but mentioning the OpenSSL and the mention of 0.98, it reminded me of this short FAQ of 2008: https://secure.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg/viewthread_thread,18311

If what you guys did works out to create a stable state, I'll add this thread with some introduction to the Start Here FAQ's and index. If it's related to that linked FAQ, I'll integrate it there.

thx

i've just stumbled into this thread, past few days all my active tasks have come to conclusion, however they are all showing ready to report and no new tasks have been received to run, typically i am running 8 tasks concurrently, have been running successfully for years, but now it has all simply stopped. checked firewalls, downloaded and reinstalled but still no activity. what am i missing please

I was surprised how fast my PC got through most of those WU's, anyway it's another day, another reboot, and WU's are still downloading freely. So I can probably assume it is fixed.

Here's some information that might be useful in the FAQ.

Work units may have problems downloading for users of OpenSSL 1.0.1 and later, if you are effected the following might be of help, here is the Ubuntu bug report . Users who compile their own software will need to compile versions of OpenSSL 1.0.1a and up with the flag (use source 1.0.1a or later for this to work*):

'-DOPENSSL_MAX_TLS1_2_CIPHER_LENGTH=50'

and in addition, I recommend adding:

'-DOPENSSL_NO_TLS1_2_CLIENT'

Ubuntu's OpenSSL now uses these options by default, so configuring and compiling with these two options will help avoid the most common known issues with OpenSSL 1.0.1 and later, in the future this may change, as software changes.

*The initial 1.0.1 release did not include the code that enables the 'cipher length' option, it was added in 1.0.1a, if you wish to see the patch/code that is used, it is here .

I hope this helps.